Combination-bench for pianos and piano-players.



PATENTED SEPT. 24,1907.

J. H. TALGE. GOMBINATION'BBNGH FORPIANOS AND PIANO PLAYERS.

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JOHN H. TALGE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed March 7,1907. Serial No. 361,104.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,.IOHN H. TiiLGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Benches for Pianos and Piano-Players, of which the following is a specification.

'Ihe object of my invention is to produce a bench or seat adapted for use in connection with a piano, a player-piano or a piano-player, the construction being such that by proper adjustment, it may be readily arranged so as to properly support a person for either manual manipulation of the keys of a piano or proper manipulation of a mechanical player.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bench with the parts in the position to adapt the same for an operator manually manipulating the keys of a piano; Fig. 2 a rear perspective with the parts in position assumed for supporting an operator for a mechanical player; Fig. 3 a transverse section with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a similar section with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 a detail of a satisfactory pivotal support for the seat.

In the drawings 10 indicates suitable supporting legs connected at the ends by sides 11 and at the sides by a rear bar 12 and a front bar 13. Hinged to the front bar 13 is a board 14, the upper end of which is adapted to have a limited swing outwardly, being normally held in the position shown in the drawings by any suitable means, such for instance as a light spring 15. Pivoted between the ends 11-11 is a seat member 16 having a plain face on one side while secured to its other face is a raised and inclined seat member 17. If desired, the space beneath the raised seat member 17 may be arranged to receive boxes 18 containing perforated rolls of the usual type and, in order to prevent these boxes her, I arrange a plate 19 beneath which the inner ends of the boxes 18 may be projected and provide in front of each box a spring retaining pin 20 which normally stands in front of the outer end of the box, as i shown. Any suitable means may be provided as a support for the seat member to permit its adjustment,

such for instance as a pin plate 21 secured to each end of the board 16, said pin plate carrying a pin 22 adapted to be projected through a perforated plate 23, secured to the supporting frame, thus forming a pivotal axis for the seat member to one side of its middle, as clearly shown in the drawings.

With the parts in the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the board 16 is uppermost and forms a comparatively low seat, being prevented from swinging in one direction by the bar 12, upon which the rear edge of the board 16 rests, and prevented from swinging in the opposite direction by the upper edge of board 14, which lies immediately beneath the forward edge of board 16. When it is desired to arrange the parts for use in connection with a mechanical piano player, the operator draws the upper end of board 14 outwardly from beneath the forward edge of board 16, whereupon the seat structure may be swung about the pivots 22 and the rear edge of board 16 will come down upon the upper edge of the board 14, so that the operator may sit upon the inclined seat formed by the board 17. The weight of the operator being upon the same side of the pivot of the seat structure as board 14, will be supported by said board and the seat structure be prevented from any possibility of turning. With the parts in this position it will be extremely convenient for the operator to reach behind him so as to extract or replace one of the musicroll boxes 18.

I claim as my invention:

\ 1. A piano bench comprising a suitable supporting frame, a two -faced seat member pivotally supported therein, and a movable supporting board 14 adapted to hold said seat member in either of its positions.

2. A piano bench comprising a suitable supporting frame a two faced seat member pivotally supported therein, a movable supporting board 14 adapted to hold said scat member in either of its positions, and means arranged in said member for holding music rolls.

3. In a piano bench, a main supporting frame comprising the end members and the connecting side 12 and the hinged side 14, a two-faced seat-member pivotally supported on the end members on an axis to one side of the middle of said seat'member whereby in one position the seatanember is supported by both the side bar 12 and the swinging side bar 14, and in the other position is supported by the swing iug side bar 14, and an inclined seat-member forming one face of the twofaced seat-1nember inclined rearwardly and upwardly from that edge of the seat-member farthest from the pivot axis of the seat-member.

In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this sixteenth day of February, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and seven.

JOHN H. TALGE. [L. S.]

Witnesses:

ARTHUR M. Hoon, THOMAS W. McMnANs. 

